Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jan Braathu said soon will be known whether the people of Kosovo with Serbian citizenship would be able to vote for the President of the Republic of Serbia in the elections scheduled for the 2nd of April.
Braathu recalled in the show “Free Serbian” that the OSCE few times so far technically assisted in the organization of Serbian elections in Kosovo.
“We are in the early stages of talks with the authorities in Pristina, and on this subject we will discuss and in Pristina, and in Belgrade until the issue is finally resolved,” added Braathu.
“As you know, Pristina institutions do not want the Serbian government to carry out the official Serbian elections in Kosovo, so we have to find a way to enable Serbian citizens living in Kosovo to vote in this election. Here our role of facilitators comes to the first plan. At this time negotiations are on-going. Ask me for three weeks and I’ll tell you what the possibilities are,” said Braathu.
Head of the OSCE in Kosovo said that ZSO was a difficult political issue.
“We see how it is complicated and controversial for the Albanian side. And there are a lot of doubts. I think that these doubts also have to do with reconciliation and trust between communities,” said Braathu and confirmed that Brussels asked the OSCE in Kosovo to provide legal and technical advices, primarily for the writing of the Statute of the ZSO.
Braathu expected that soon would be appointed Executive team for the writing of the Statute of the ZSO.
“They will talk in the team, prepare text, possibly with our help, and then will talk to their political leaders. There will probably be a meeting in Brussels, where representatives of Belgrade and Pristina will meet and agree on it,” said Braathu.
